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It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (Dear Dumb Diary #8)
131 pages
A laugh-out-loud, doodle-filled plunge into the delightfully dramatic and highly unreliable mind of a middle schooler who thinks she knows it all.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like intercepting the private, highly classified notebook of the most dramatically confident tween in middle school. The pace is incredibly brisk, propelled by short, punchy diary entries and expressive doodles that perfectly capture the chaotic energy of adolescence. It is a delightfully irreverent experience, steeped in a mood of lighthearted absurdity and exaggerated social stakes. The prose is unapologetically snarky, mimicking the melodramatic, stream-of-consciousness rants of a protagonist who is hilariously unaware of her own flaws. It is a perfect fit for readers who devour heavily illustrated, humorous chapter books and love to laugh at the ridiculous, low-stakes drama of school life, friendship squabbles, and the universal delusion of finally being grown up.
- Mood
- chaotic
- lighthearted
- dramatic
- silly
- Tone
- sarcastic
- irreverent
- exaggerated
- snarky
- humorous
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- middle school drama · inflated egos · friendship dynamics · absurdity of childhood
- The writing
- Highly conversational and melodramatic, blending snarky text with expressive doodles to capture the chaotic inner monologue of a tween.
- The arc
- A hilarious, low-stakes journey through the mind of a highly unreliable, overly confident tween navigating the daily indignities of middle school.
- Who it's for
- Middle-grade readers who crave laugh-out-loud, doodle-filled diaries featuring unapologetically flawed and funny protagonists.
Content notes
- mild middle school meanness
- cartoonish mischief
About the book
author Jamie Kelly is back with another hilarious, candid, and sometimes not-so-nice diary! Dear Dumb Diary, I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at not getting bit because dogs try all the time but dogs don't usually kick so I did that." What amazed me was just how dumb I used to be, considering how smart I am now. There must have been a day when I just woke up smart
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